With twoincarnations of Black Flag hitting the road, people have been asking Henry Rollins about his thoughts on the reunions and whether he would participate. Rollins was, of course, the vocalist for the band from 1981 until 1986, and dominates their recorded discography. He also remains one of the best known members of the pioneering hardcore outfit.

In the summer months, you can count on bands that have been gone for years who will reassemble and go onto stages all over the world playing "vintage music." Perhaps they are on a Proustian mission to recapture that which has been lost. I read the interviews where the musicians claim that now they can really play this music. I don't doubt them, but therein lies the problem. Musicians should not play Music. Music should play musicians.

This is why I stopped touring with a band. I put up my fists and there was no longer anything there. It was heartbreaking, but it was clear. Music had moved on. Such was my reverence for its limitless power, I faced this truth and moved on in search of new battles.

Other bands that vanished before the internet existed or it was rare for someone to film a show has a mystique and a almost urban legend to them and seem like they were just cool things were heard about, perhaps one crappy video of them exist on youtube, buts its terrible and adds to the mystique

All that cool shit is gone with camera phones and it has killed the legends, oh well.

Idk what your blabbing about in the beginning but I get about the cell phones and shit, I hate it. But luckily the shows I went to as a kid were how you described the feeling of hearing about them and seeing them yourself.

The Rollins era of Black Flag was the most productive and least exciting. Keith Morris sounds edgy as hell doing the later material. Hank deserves a lot of respect, but he's missing out on introducing this legendary music to a new generation. I'm stoked to see FLAG in Sep.

This is factually inaccurate and a blatant misrepresentation of the actual piece written. It takes a piece of an essay out of context and puts it in a way that leads readers to assume this piece addresses such questions. This is shitty reporting and shitty editing. I don't expect much from this blog site, but this is an interpretation and not report of what was actually presented. Awful.